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Catholic Charities
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7th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Telephone Skills

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The challenge in telephone conversations is that speakers and listeners cannot rely on body language to communicate. This 31-page packet includes a curriculum guide, lesson plans, assessments, and resource lists designed to help language learners develop their telephone skills.

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Concepts

English Language Development, telephones

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Laminate the telephone conversation scenario cards to permit reuse

Classroom Considerations

  • The activities are designed for high schoolers or adults; however, most of the exercises would work with any age of language learners

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  • Activities and lessons are labeled with the skill topic, language level, objectives, time required, resources needed, and a summary of the plan
  • Step-by-step directions and ESL worksheets are also included

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